Every Candidate’s Nightmare
22 April 2007 12:44 pm by Taylor Marsh
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If it’s Earth Day, it’s also Al Gore day, baby. So in keeping with thinking
green I give you the latest scuttlebutt about Al Gore.
And make no mistake about it, this article alone will be enough to give
the ‘08ers collective heartburn. Gore entering the race would change the landscape
instantaneously. Believe it.
Friends of Al Gore have secretly started assembling a campaign team in preparation
for the former American vice-president to make a fresh bid for the White House.Two members of Mr Gore’s staff from his unsuccessful attempt in 2000 say
they have been approached to see if they would be available to work with him
again.Mr Gore, President Bill Clinton’s deputy, has said he wants to concentrate
on publicising the need to combat climate change, a case made in his film,
An Inconvenient Truth, which won him an Oscar this year.But, aware that he may step into the wide open race for the White House,
former strategists are sounding out a shadow team that could run his campaign
at short notice. In approaching former campaign staff, including political
strategists and communications officials, they are making clear they are not
acting on formal instructions from Mr Gore, 59, but have not been asked to
stop.His denials of interest in the presidency have been couched in terms of “no
plans” or “no intention” – politically ambiguous language that
does not rule out a run.One of his former campaign team said: “I was asked whether I would be
available towards the end of the year if I am needed. They know he has not
ruled out running and if he decides to jump in, he will have to move very
fast.“He hasn’t asked them to do this, but nor has he told them not to.”
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